"May 22, 2017"--Table of contents page. "This report is written by Skye Wheeler, emergencies researcher in the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch"--Acknowledgments. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Acknowledgments. Recommendations: To the Government of Sudan -- To the Sudan People's Liberation Army-North -- To Humanitarian Organizations and Donors, including the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway -- To the United Nations Security Council -- To the Independent Expert on Sudan -- To the Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health -- To the United States Government -- Methodology -- IV. Background: The Protracted Conflict in Southern Kordofan -- US Sanctions Relief in 2017 -- Obstruction of Humanitarian Aid -- Women's Rights in Rebel-Held Areas of Southern Kordofan: Political Participation -- Early Marriage -- Access to Education -- Female Genital Mutilation -- Domestic Violence -- Lack of Legal Protections -- II. A Weak Health System: Weak Health Infrastructure in Rebel-Held Southern Kordofan -- Attacks Targeting Health Services -- III. Lack of Access to Reproductive Healthcare: Sexual and Reproductive Health in Protracted Crises -- Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Lack of Access to Adequate Antenatal Care -- Emergency Obstetric Care: The Three Delays -- Access to Contraception and Protection against Sexually Transmitted Infections: Access to Contraception in the Rebel-Held Area -- Difficulties Preventing Sexually-Transmitted Infections -- IV. National and International Legal Obligations: Obligations to Allow Unhindered Humanitarian Aid -- Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights -- Acknowledgments.
Summary:
"This report documents how women and girls cannot get contraception and have little access to health care if they face complications during pregnancy and childbirth. The parties to the six-year-long conflict, the Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army-North (SPLA/M-North), have both obstructed impartial humanitarian aid"--Publisher's description.
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